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Tag Archives: France
Little Brothers AKA Petits frères (1999) Jacques Doillon, Stéphanie Touly, Iliès Sefraoui, Mustapha Goumane
Talia runs away from home taking her beloved dog with her. Read More »
The Luzhin Defence (2000) Marleen Gorris, John Turturro, Emily Watson, Geraldine James
Set in the late 1920s, The Luzhin Defence tells the story of a shambling, unworldly chess Grand Master Read More »
A Sunday in the Country AKA Un dimanche à la campagne (1984) Bertrand Tavernier, Louis Ducreux, Michel Aumont, Sabine Azéma
In France, before WWI. As every Sunday, an old painter living in the country is visited by his son Gonzague Read More »
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) John Carpenter, Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill
Nick Halloway is made invisible during an accident. When Jenkins finds out about Nick Read More »
The Indian Tomb AKA Das indische Grabmal (1959) Fritz Lang, Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer
Harald Berger and his Indian lover, the temple dancer Seetha, desperately flee from the shikaris (cavalry) of Eschanapur’s maharajah Chandra Read More »
War of the Buttons AKA La guerre des boutons (1962) Yves Robert, Jacques Dufilho, Yvette Etiévant, Michel Galabru
For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. Read More »
Angélique, marquise des anges (1964) Bernard Borderie, Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Jean Rochefort
In this first part of the Angélique cycle, set in Mid-17th century France under the young Sun King Louis XIV Read More »
The Declic Years AKA Les années déclic (1984) Raymond Depardon
This documentary is an autobiography based on director Depardon’s voice, his face and pictures Read More »
Le masque de la Méduse (2009) Jean Rollin, Simone Rollin, Bernard Charnacé, Sabine Lenoël
A modern-day version of the Greek mythological tale of the Gorgon. Read More »
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story (1987) Richard T. Heffron, Armand Assante, Jacqueline Bisset, Stephanie Beacham
Epic story about the romance between the most powerful man in the world and the woman who conquered his heart. Read More »
Vengeance AKA Fuk sau (2009) Johnnie To, Johnny Hallyday, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong, Simon Yam
In Macau, a family is attacked by three killers and only the wife survives severely wounded. Read More »
Wheel of Ashes (1968) Peter Emmanuel Goldman, Pierre Clémenti, Katinka Bo, Pierre Besançon
After experiencing a wild life of sordidness, the young Pierre decides to quit this chaotic world, trading it for a search for inner peace and getting closer to God. Read More »
White Sister AKA Bianco rosso e… (1972) Alberto Lattuada, Sophia Loren, Adriano Celentano, Fernando Rey
A nun falls in love with her patient, who happens to be a communist. Read More »
Foreign Parts (2010) Verena Paravel, J.P. Sniadecki
‘Foreign Parts’ portrays a hidden enclave of automobile shops and junk-yards fated for demolition Read More »